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your wake, and lays you on board | Exercise of the Bayonet,

361 How to recover gunpowder from

upon the quarter,

It is the best conduct for merchant

ships to fight before the wind, 362

On steering in chasing or being cha-

Signal Significations in general,

Hours after dark,

Compass Signals,

Significations which may be

ed by ships of the fleet,

Question Significations,

Answering Significations,

Familiar Subjects in Astronomy, illus-
trated with Plates.

Of the figure of the earth and its

Of the diurnal motion of the earth, 398

express-Of the annual motion of the earth, 400

Of the Solar System,

Significations respecting anchoring,

and such as will apply only when at

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Of the new planets Ceres, Pallas, Ju-

Of Jupiter and his satellites, 409

Of Saturn, his satellites and ring, 412

Of the Georgium Sidus or Herschel,

and his satellites,

Of the elongations, &c. of the interior

371 Of the stationary and retrograde ap-

pearances of the exterior planets,

The duty of the gunner, armourer,
and gunsmith on board a man of
372

war,

373

374

Parts of cannon defined,
Parts of a carriage defined,
To find whether a cannon be taper
bored,
376

To find flaws and cracks in a piece of
ordnance,
377
To find if a piece of ordnance be ho-
neycomed,

377

To find how much powder is sufficient
for any piece of ordnance either
true or taper bored,
ib.

How to know the thickness of metal

at the touch holes, and at the trun-

nions and muzzle,

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Form of an Entry to be made out by

a person applying for a certificate

to accompany goods sent to another

district for the purpose of being ex-

ported to a foreign port from such

Form of an Entry outward for the

the benefit of drawback, 497

Oath to be taken by the exporter

where he is the importer also, ib.

Oath to be taken by importer, when

the goods are sold and to be ex-

ported by another,

Where goods are exported by a per-

son not the importer,

Form of an entry for exportation of

Return of Passengers, and Packages

belonging to them respectively, ib.

Form of a Manifest for a foreign ves-

The master is authorized by law to

retain from each seaman so re-

turned, the sum paid for them to

establish a Marine Hospital, 502

Oath to be taken by the master on

coming to an entry respecting the

delivery of his letters at the Post

On presenting his Manifest,

Form of Entry by an American ves-

Form of Entry by a foreign vessel, 504

Oath to be taken on making either of

the above entries,

Fees to Surveyor,

What coin the duties are payable

Rates of coins for estimating duties, ib.

Allowance for draught,

Allowance for leakage and break

A general abstract from the reve-

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Form of appraiser's Oath and Certifi-Oath to be taken on exporting goods

eate, when good are without in-

for benefit of bounty,

ib.

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Of what shall be deemed a Bill of Ex-

Form of the oath of the master and | Of Inland Bills,

mate of the vessel in which foreign

spirits have been exported from the

United States to foreign ports, to be

produced at the custom-house, in

order to cancel the bond given on

the exportation thereof, together

with the certificate here follow.

Of the Protest,

Of Indorsements,

Of who shall pay the Money,

The drawer of Bills,

The Bill holder,

Owners of Ships,

Form of a Manifest outward,

Manifest Oath on outward cargo,

Master's Oath on clearing out,

Manifest for a coasting vessel,

An Act for the collection of duties on

goods, wares, and merchandise im.

ported into the United States, and

on tonnage of ships or vessels, 508

Form of the Certificate of the Con

signee, declaring the delivery of

merchandise at a foreign port, 509

Form of the Oath or Affirmation of the

principal officers of a vessel, con-

firming the landing of merchandise

at a foreign port,

Form of a Verification of the delivery

of merchandise at a foreign port, to

be executed by a consul or agent of

the United States,

Form of a Verification of the delivery

of merchandise, to be executed by

American merchants, or by foreign

merchants, if there be no American

merchants at a port where no con-

sul or agent of the United States

512

Coins of the United States,

Coins of the United States as esta.

blished by law,

Rules for reducing the currencies of

the different states to par with

each other; as also for reducing the

money of account of the United

States to those currencies, and,

vice versa, by decimals,

A Table shewing the number of cents

and decimal parts of a cent, (or

mills) in any number of shillings

and pence, less than a dollar, in the

currencies of the different states,514

A Table shewing the value of dollars,

from 1 to 10,000, in currencies of

the different states,

A Table of the value and weights of

coins as they pass in the respective

states of the union, with their ster-

ling and federal value,

Tables of real and imaginary monies

Exchanges between different coun-
tries.

Of Bills of Exchange,

Owners not answerable for loss by

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Sect. 24. Respecting sick persons at
boarding houses, or on board of ves-
sels at the wharves,

Sect. 25. Cases of malignant diseases

to be reported,

Sect. 26. Certificates of death to be gi-

Sect. 27. Concerning nuisance,

Sect. 28. Resisting the board,

Sect. 29. Forfeitures, how to be re-

Sect. 30. Salaries of the officers, 606

Sect. 31. Time of bringing actions for

Sect. 32. Power of the board to levy a

Sect. 33. Funds, how to be invested,
ib.

Sect. 34. Accounts to be audited, ib.

Sect. 35. Repealing former acts, 608

Sect. 1. Respecting vessels stopping

at the Lazaretto and the time of

Sect. 2. A vessel coming from a port

or place in the United States, 610

Sect. 3. Concerning a cargo of vege-

tables, fish, or hides,

Sect. 4. On giving the board notice
when the cargo is discharged, ib.
Sect. 5. Concerning storing vegeta.
bles,

ib.

Laws of Pilot and Pilotage.

Sect. 17. Applying at the warden for

Sect. 18. Concerning license to a pilot,

Sect. 19. On refusing to act on the du-

ties of a pilot,

Sect. 20. Farther information or li-

ib.

Sect. 21. The pilot who shall first of

fer himyelf, &c.

Sect. 22. On giving a pilot an opportu.

nity of being taken out of the ship

at the capes, outward bound,

Sect. 23. If a pilot have a pilot boat

and be carried to sea, &c.

Sect. 24. If a vessel having a pilot on
board be prevented by the ice from
going up the Delaware, he is en-
titled to pay,
ib.
Sect. 26. How much paid to a pilot in
performing quarantine,
Sect. 27. How much is paid to pilots
for piloting ships,

Sect. 28. What compensation is al-

lowed pilots for conducting disabled

vessels to the city,

Sect. 29. Every ship or vessel of the

burthen of seventy-five tons or

more, shall be obliged to receive a

Sect. 30. When detained by the ice

what time the master may be at

liberty to discharge his pilot, and

discharged may recover full pilot-

Sect. 31. On the pilot misbehaving in

the execution of his duty, so that

damage shall accrue through his

negligence, and what penalty, ib.

Sect. 32. How a pilot may sue for his

Sect. 33. How a pilot must make a re-
port at the warden's office, ib.
Sect. 34. If any pilot assist a distress-
ed vessel how to be compensated,

ib.

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